An Open Letter To Men Who Comment On Women’s Weight
There is absolutely no excuse for ignorance, apathy, insensitivity, and callousness about women who struggle with body image; eating disorders are an issue that affects us all.
10 Signs That Someone Doesn’t Want To Sleep With You
They make you constantly feel like you have no genitalia, like you aren’t a sexual being. One dismissive glance or thoughtless comment chops your privates off and sends it to Mattel where Barbie and Ken dolls are made.
Thank Your Ex
Thank you for arguing with me. You taught me the correct way to disagree, as well as the incorrect way.
What Happens When A Girl Shaves Her Head
But that shaved-headed girl is always inside, looking out, knowing that our identity is a haircut away from being taken.
The People You Will Fall In Love With In Your 20s
You will fall in love with someone for one night and one only. They’ll come to you when you need them and be gone in the morning when you don’t.
Overcoming The Hispanic Stereotype
If I have overcome anything in life brought on by my culture, it would be the stereotypes waiting for me to prove I am a failure. When taking standardized tests where we have to fill in our racial group, why is it that they take the scores and categorize the means by ethnicity?
4 Things You Shouldn’t Say To Someone Having A Panic Attack
Panic attacks send adrenaline all over your body. When I have one, my heart races and my hands shake like someone’s doing brain surgery on me while I’m awake. The rest of my body might shiver or tremble with little seizures.
Fred Durst’s 12 Most Inspirationally Awful Lyrics
After all, that’s what’s oddly inspiring about Fred Durst’s lyrics — you could have written them, but you didn’t. It’s like patting yourself on the back for not crapping your pants.
How To Be A Teenager
Be young. Be so young. Be born in 1996. Do you even know what that means? Do you even know what people who were born in the ’80s think of you? They can’t believe you’re a fully formed human being.
13 Inventions The World Needs Desperately
Waterproof Cell Phones. Throwing friends into the pool is a lost art, do you know why that is? Well you can ask Siri, but my guess is that nobody wants to be responsible for ruining someone’s $500 iPhone.
10 Things I’ve Learned From Being Dumped
Your internet history will be in a really #dark place. Besides having Google searches such as, “What does it sound like when doves cry?” and “Voodoo love spells for the brokenhearted”, you’ll also be lurking them from every social networking corner possible.
5 Things I Wish I Had Done While I Was Still Single
I’ve also dated my fair share of dudes, so I’m not suggesting I catch up for years of lost time here, or even participate in an entire pre-boyfriend do-over. I’m just saying, if I had the chance to go back in time and tweak a few things here and there, this is what I would do.
I Don’t Know How To Be In A Relationship
Some people aren’t good at doing sports or have trouble understanding how to do math. Maybe this is my weak spot. Maybe I just legitimately don’t know how to be in a relationship with someone.
5 Telltale Signs That Someone Is Rich
In New York, everyone’s always crying about not having any money but it’s like, just move to Kansas City, Missouri, and live like a king if you hate it here so much. This isn’t Just Kids by Patti Smith anymore.
How Unattractive People Really Are
At the park on a weekend, one sees so many hardbodies you’d think you accidentally stepped into a fitness magazine’s photo shoot. Abs jog along the concreted and graveled paths. Everyone playing volleyball does so in bikini and Speedo, and does so gracefully, beautifully.
5 Things That Just Aren’t Cute Anymore
If you’re a person who still finds themselves 60% drunker than everyone else in the room, I encourage you to look deep within and admit to yourself that getting cray cray at a small gathering of friends at 6 p.m. wasn’t cute.
Kiss Like You Mean It
Kiss them like it’s going to be hung on someone’s wall someday, as a reminder of what love can be like.
I Want A Tuesday Kind Of Love
A Tuesday kind of love is this: commuting to work knowing that someone cares about what you’re going to have for lunch; understanding that you do not have to be your dynamic, charming, weekend self this time; this time you can butcher sentences and make bad jokes and trip over thin air and it won’t change anything.